The blog posts below are taken from my grandmother's diaries. Althea Green Smith Crook was lovingly referred to as Nanny to her immediate family ~ thus her diaries are called Nanny's Diaries.

Nanny wrote in her diaries when she remembered to - mostly in the evening. There will be some years in which she didn't keep diaries and there will also be some days/weeks in her yearly diaries in which she skipped or forgot to write in them. For the most part, these are her words - written as she wrote them. There will be typos, forgotten punctuation, and other grammatical errors - but I am rewriting these as my Nanny originally wrote them.

As with all old handwriting, there are some entries that I can't quite make out - and these entries will be followed with a (?) to signify that this may or may not be correct or I can't figure out what she is trying to write.

Thank you Nanny for leaving us 50 years worth of memories! We miss you!

Saturday, January 6, 2024

May 14 - 17, 1988

 

Saturday, May 14, 1988

 

A nice sunny day. I did regular work, washed floors. Made rolls. I read some of the papers. We saw the parade on TV over to Lewiston where they, Dennis and Carmen, took Brogan then she spent the night with Dennis. Zack on a trip this weekend with the National Guard.

 

 

 

Sunday, May 15, 1988

 

A very nice sunny and quite mild day, some wind. Billie and I called at Betty Smith’s. I got the lunches. Carmen took Zack to get his keys. I stayed with Brogan. Kim went with them. Zack took the girls out for supper. Betty and Walt up to camp. I finished reading papers. Zack enjoyed his over night trip.

 

 

 

Monday, May 16, 1988 Play House

 

A quite nice day. I did the wash. Picked greens for supper. Carmen and I rode down to see where they took down the old building. Got the other one started along quite well. Billie went looking for pullets but didn’t find any. Kim, Betty and I got flowers and planted them for the gardens. Got them set out. Zack called in late PM.

 

 


 

Tuesday, May 17, 1988

 

Cloudy. I done regular work, ironing, got supper started. Made a custard. Carmen and Brogan called in a.m. and evening. Betty called. Billie got his truck fixed today. Bill just the same, cold all the time. So far this hasn’t been good weather till today. Some sun. It came off muggy. The women came and worked at the shelter again today. They going to rent it for a year.

 

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